Dormitz

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Forchheim
Management Community :	Dormitz
Height :	305 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.57 km 2
Residents:	2059 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	450 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	91077
Area code :	09134
License plate :	FO, EBS , PEG
Community key :	09 4 74 119
LOCODE :	DE DOI
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Sebalder Str. 12 ; 91077 Dormitz, Germany
Website :	www.dormitz.de
Mayor :	Holger Bezold (FW-UBD)
Location of the municipality of Dormitz in the Forchheim district

View of Dormitz

Dormitz is a municipality in the district of Forchheim ( administrative district of Upper Franconia ). The main town is the seat of the administrative community in Dormitz .

geography

Geographical location

Dormitz is about 10 kilometers east of Erlangen and 15 kilometers north of Nuremberg . The Franconian Marienweg runs through the village .

Community structure

The municipality of Dormitz has 2 districts (population figures in brackets):

Dormitz (2074)
Erleinhof (3)

Neighboring communities

Neunkirchen am Brand , Kleinsendelbach , Kalchreuth and Uttenreuth are neighboring communities, starting from the north in a clockwise direction .

history

Dormitz was mentioned for the first time in 1142 and 1146 in two documents, in which a Siegfried called himself “Sigefridus de dorenbenze” (Middle High German for thorn meadow) or “Sigefrid de dornbenze”. The place belonged to the bishopric of Bamberg until the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 . The Hohenzollern principality of Bayreuth and the imperial city of Nuremberg also had possessions in the municipality. Since then, the place has belonged to Bavaria.

In the last forty years, the number of residents has doubled due to new arrivals. a. from Erlangen .

politics

mayor

Holger Bezold (FW-UBD) has been the first mayor of the municipality since 2014. His predecessor from 1990 was Gerhard Schmitt (CSU).

Municipal council

In the 2020–2026 term of office, the municipal council consists of the following parliamentary groups:

Free Voters - Independent Citizens Dormitz (FW-UBD) 6 seats
CSU 5 seats
Non-partisan electoral bloc (ÜWB) 3 seats

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In red a lowered, overturned slanting, black-filled, silver side rafter; above a golden wedge with a red armored black eagle's body. "

Partner municipality

Clairoix , France, near Compiegne

Honorary citizen

Matthias Fuchs (1965–2020), Second Mayor

Culture and sights

Buildings

The church "To Our Lady" was built around 1400 as a fortified church and was first mentioned on June 29, 1416. However, the fortifications were dismantled in the 19th century. The church contains numerous Gothic works of art. In the 1720s, Georg Sebastian Urlaub created a stucco ceiling that is in great need of renovation in the 21st century. In November 2017, part of the fresco fell into the nave after the wooden substructure gave way. The renovation measures are to begin in early 2020.
Primary school with a multi-purpose hall
town hall

Traffic structures

Dormitz used to have a station on the Erlangen-Graefenberg secondary line ("Seku", in operation from 1886 to 1963).

literature

Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Dormitz . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 1 : A-egg . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1799, DNB 790364298 , OCLC 833753073 , Sp. 635 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Dormitz - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
↑ Mayor. Municipality of Dormitz, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
^ Community Dormitz in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 4, 2020.
↑ Municipal Council. Municipality of Dormitz, accessed on June 17, 2020 .
^ Entry on the coat of arms of Dormitz in the database of the House of Bavarian History
↑ Dormitz has a new honorary citizen. nordbayern.de, March 16, 2020, accessed on June 17, 2020 .
↑ Amelie Seck: And they didn't find a hostel , In: Monuments , edition 6/2019, page 10.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-1] "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).

[2] Mayor. Municipality of Dormitz, accessed on June 11, 2020 .

[3] Community Dormitz in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on January 4, 2020.

[4] Municipal Council. Municipality of Dormitz, accessed on June 17, 2020 .

[Wappen-5] Entry on the coat of arms of Dormitz in the database of the House of Bavarian History

[6] Dormitz has a new honorary citizen. nordbayern.de, March 16, 2020, accessed on June 17, 2020 .

[7] Amelie Seck: And they didn't find a hostel , In: Monuments , edition 6/2019, page 10.